Feast of Our Lady of Graces
ORTODONICO - First sunday in july Go to Village

The celebrations begin a few days before the novena, the sunday feast in the morning are celebrated religious rites and in the afternoon you have the traditional procession through the main streets with the sacred effigy accompanied by a band that ends in piazza amoresano. In the evening is organized a impressive fireworks display. The cult of our lady of grace is linked to an ancient legend, according to which during the month of may, a ship in distress came to rest near acciaroli. The sailors in gratitude left a statue of the madonna to the rescuers, but neither rescuers nor other carriers were able to carry it, so they decided that those who had won the event, could have put the statue in their country. Only people ortodonico did and to celebrate the coming of the holy in the country, it was decided to build a new church whose location was chosen by our lady through an appearance.